An IrAero Superjet 100 has landed on an unfinished runway in Moscow. Fortunately, it landed safely and came to a complete stop with no injuries to passengers or crew. The incident was reported to have taken place on Thursday 16th January at just after 2pm local time.
Early on Saturday morning, the engine of an S7 A321neo caught fire shortly before the aircraft was to take-off. The plane was scheduled to travel from Novosibirsk (Russia) to Cam Ranh (Vietnam) when the incident occurred.
A Virgin Australia flight to Melbourne over the weekend was forced to return to Brisbane after some passengers spotted part of the left wing begin to peel loose and start flapping.
The incident occurred on Sunday, 19 January 2020, involving Virgin Australia’s flight VA346, the 17:55 service between Brisbane and Melbourne. The aircraft was VH-VOO, a Boeing 737-800 that has been with Virgin Australia since 2003.
airtrainer wrote:A Virgin Australia flight to Melbourne over the weekend was forced to return to Brisbane after some passengers spotted part of the left wing begin to peel loose and start flapping.
The incident occurred on Sunday, 19 January 2020, involving Virgin Australia’s flight VA346, the 17:55 service between Brisbane and Melbourne. The aircraft was VH-VOO, a Boeing 737-800 that has been with Virgin Australia since 2003.
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While on route from Costa Rica to Colombia, an Avianca Airbus A319 declared an emergency after hitting severe turbulence that injured several of the crewmembers.
If you ever needed reminding of why it is always best to have your seatbelt fastened while flying, read what happened on a routine flight over Central America.
You see some strange things on flights, from unruly passengers to bizarre luggage. But a recent video of one American Airlines passenger airing out his shoes using the overhead air vent definitely takes the cake so far this year.
ShanwickOceanic wrote:Something apparently crashed in Afghanistan, but nobody seems to know what:
Zak wrote:ShanwickOceanic wrote:Something apparently crashed in Afghanistan, but nobody seems to know what:
USAF Global Express, reg 11-9358, as per AvHerald.
https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4d282570&opt=0
JLAmber wrote:Zak wrote:ShanwickOceanic wrote:Something apparently crashed in Afghanistan, but nobody seems to know what:
USAF Global Express, reg 11-9358, as per AvHerald.
https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4d282570&opt=0
This was a strange one. FR24 have been all over it since the first report and initially had reports from US officials that the aircraft involved was an Ariana aircraft, either a 738 or A310, which was only corrected when some locals put pictures of the downed E-11A on twitter. I suspect the aircraft involved was on a mission that may or may not have been totally official.
On Friday, January 24th, Katie Hinsen was headed to the Sundance Film Festival, traveling on American Airlines flight 648 from Phoenix to Salt Lake City. Unfortunately, Katie’s flight would be delayed because a woman missed the final call, making it to the gate seconds too late. With checked baggage on board, she was told to take the next flight and meet her bags at the destination. Her reaction? Tell the gate agents that she had a bomb in her bag…
Three New Zealand women were allegedly denied business class seats on a Thai Airways flight to Auckland in January because they were too big to fly in the seats. It was not a ‘smooth as silk’ experience for them.
ShanwickOceanic wrote:https://www.flightradar24.com/ACA837/23be1953
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the Mexican president, doesn’t travel on private jets. This has lead to a whole new bunch of problems that the airlines and the passengers have to deal with. For instance, last week, a Mexican family voluntarily got down of a plane on which the president was on board, due to security reasons.
A blunder by former Prime Minister David Cameron’s bodyguard saw a passenger discover a loaded gun on board a British Airways flight from New York. The Metropolitan Police bodyguard had left the firearm in the toilet having used the facilities onboard the aircraft.